Thank you from Crispus Attucks Park for a wonderful Community Day!

 

Dear Bloomingdale neighbors and friends,

 

Crispus Attucks Development Corporation (CADC) would like to thank the hundreds of neighborhood residents, friends, and family who attended our 10th Annual Community Day and Yard Sale this past Saturday.  A little rain notwithstanding, the event was a huge success, and a tremendous amount of fun. Kids socialized with a Kiddie Mingle, neighbors swapped and sold at the Yard Sale, community organizations shared information about their good work, and everyone enjoyed all of Bloomingdale's restaurants in one place at the Taste of Bloomingdale!

         

The Bloomingdale Community Day is a fundraiser for Crispus Attucks Park, and our preliminary accounting is that this year's event was one of our best yet: we raised over $5500 for the park, covering over half of our normal yearly expenses.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

      

For all who would like more information about Crispus Attucks Park, please visit us at http://crispusattuckspark.org/ or attend our next Board meeting on June 12 at 7:30pm.  We will announce the location on this listserv in advance.

     

I would like to give a special mention the neighborhood businesses who so generously sponsored the Community Day and the restaurants who donated food to the Taste of Bloomingdale.  Restaurants who participated in the Taste of Bloomingdale donated ALL the food for the event, so that every dollar raised from ticket sales could go straight to the park.

    

Sponsor organizations:

Angela Jones (Long & Foster)

Fiddleheads Salon

Dominic Turano (First Home Mortgage)

Tails of the City

Suzanne Des Marais (10 Square Team)

Samilia Anthony (Caliber Funding)

Yoga District

New Reservoir Market

Old City Farm & Guild

Washington Firehouse

City Cleaners

Field to City

Safeway

Green Paws

Love & Carrots

              

Taste of Bloomingdale participants:

Aroi Thai

Beau Thai

Big Bear Cafe

Bistro Bohem/Kafe Bohem

Boundary Stone

Grassroots Gourmet

Jam Doung

Kuumba Kollectibles

Lot 1644

Mama Chuy

Red Toque

Revive Catering

Rustik Tavern

Shaw's Tavern

Uncle Chips

Windows Cafe and Market

              

If it's not obvious from the list above, all of us who live in Bloomingdale are lucky to have such wonderful organizations in the community.  Thanks again to all who volunteered, donated, and participated!

                

Will Gomaa

President, CADC